Imaging Techniques for Rock Characterization and EOR Processes 16. October 2012
Jarand Gauteplass
Department of Physics and TechnologyUniversity of Bergen
Experimental setupMRI-experimentCT-experiment
Experimental procedure:MRI-experiment
Experimental procedure:CT-experiment
Liquid CO2 injectionAmbient temperature, 1200 psiCHP_CO2_2
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Rock CharacterizationAmbient temperature and pressure
•Outcrop from Portland quarry in Ålborg, DK
•Similar to chalk reservoir rock in the North sea
•Effective porosity: 42 – 48%•Abs permeability: 2 – 6 mD•99% calcite, 1% quartz
Rørdal chalk
Results:Rock characterization using CT
•40 x 40 x 42 microns resolution
•1.5“ Rørdal chalk
Results:Rock characterization using CT
•40 x 40 x 42 microns resolution
•1.5“ Rørdal chalk
Results:Rock characterization using CT
•40 x 40 x 42 microns resolution
•1.5“ Rørdal chalk
Results:Rock characterization using CT
•40 x 40 x 42 microns resolution
•1.5“ Rørdal chalk
Liquid CO2 injectionAmbient temperature, 1200 psiCHP_CO2_8
Results:CO2 injection
•One SWW Rørdal chalk core (IAH=1.0)•Liquid CO2 conditions
•First contact miscible displacement•Imaged using industrial CT
0 PVCO2
0.01 PV
0.04 PV
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0.12 PV
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0.24 PV
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Conclusions•Shear bands identified•Small heterogeneties have a large impact
on core floods